Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46039, Benjamin Goodwin, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Goodwin, Benjamin
S 46039
CONTENTS

Invalid
Rev
46 039
File No.
Benjamin Goodwin Private Mass Militia Rev War
Act:
18th March 1818 1st May 1820
Index:—Vol.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts.
17. 640 R
Benjamin Goodwin,
of Essex Co ty in the state of Massach ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Knox, of the Massach ts line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massach ts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 29. of June, 1820.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. of July, 1820 and sent to Benjamin Merrill agent, Salem, Massach ts
Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1820. $ 17. 60 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 48 " 2 mo. 6/30 } 1821. $ 65. 60.
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. } and 1 st May, 1820.

I John May of Canaan County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, was a Soldier in the Continental Army in the year 1776 And I further testify and declare that Benjamin Goodwin of Boston, County of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, but now in Manchester County of Essex, and State Aforesaid, did enlist with me as Serjeants in Capt Dimond Morts Company and Col Henry Stooacs Regiment of Artillery the first of Jan y 1776 for one year at Plymouth, where we then Resided - from Plymouth we march d to Cambridge, and were Stationed at Fort St e during the winter, after the Evacuation of Boston we were Ordered thence - from Boston we were Ordered to New York, in September we were driven from New York over the River to the Jerseys, from thence we were Ordered to Fort Washington, on York Island, and on the 15 or 16 th of November we were Captured and carried Prisoners to New York, and in Jan y following we were Liberated on Parole, I further declare that the S d Goodwin did his Duty well During the year
John May
Grafton J. Jan y 19 th 1820, then the above named John May personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him signed is just and true before me Daniel Blairdell justice
Grafton J. Jan y 19 th 1820 I hereby certify that John May above named is a respectable citizen of Canaan and his testimony is entitled to full faith and credit
Daniel Blairdell justice

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
Court Common Pleas Clerk's Office
This certifies to whom it may concern that the honorable Daniel Bliss whose name appears within, is a Justice of the peace within and for said county of Grafton duly qualified to take affidavits etc. full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his attestations as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said Court this sixteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty and of the Independence of the United States the fourteenth X Roll Woodward Clerk

Benj. Goodwin

I, William Farn resident in Ashby in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawfull age do testify and say, that in the month of January in the year of our Lord 1776 W m Benjamin Goodwin now of Manchester in the Commonwealth aforesaid enlisted into the service of the United States in the revolutionary war for the term of one year, in the company commanded by Capt d Dimond Merten, and in the Reg t Commanded by Col l Henry Knox, in the Massachusetts line and in the continental establishment, that we both joined the army immediately after we enlisted, at Cambridge in Commonwealth aforesaid and there served until March following, when we both with said Regiment Marched to the state of New York where we both served our term, and on the last of December 1776 or on the first of January 1777 were honorably discharged, and I further testify that I have no interest in the petition applied for by the said Benjamin Goodwin.
W m Farn
Common Wealth of Massachusetts
On the nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand, eight hundred, and twenty, before me Samuel Dana Chief Justice of the middle circuit Court of Common Pleas, and a Justice of the Peace throughout the said Commonwealth, personally appeared William Farn, and made Oath, that the above Deposition by him subscribed is just and true in all its particulars. — And I certify, that the said William Farn is a man of good credit entitled to believe, in all places and before all tribunals, and that he has not any interest in the application of Benjamin Goodwin to be placed on the pension list.
Sam l Dana

17,163 Benjamin Goodwin Essex county, Mass ts . 29. June, 1820.
Col o . Knox's reg t art ll Massachusetts line, January to Dec r . 1776.
Not found on the rolls.
Service proved by the testimony, on oath, of two persons, certified to be credible witnesses.
Admitted.
to be forwarded to Benj. Salem Benj m Merrill, agent, Salem, Mass ts . D d 21. June, 1820.

ORIGINAL CLAIM.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County District of Essex 88. Circuit Court of Common Pleas June 7. 182
On this twenty ninth day of June 1820, personally appeared, in open court the [being a court of record] proceedings according to the course of the common law for the district, circuit, county, or corporation as the case may be. Benjamin Goodwin aged sixty two years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he, the said Goodwin enlisted, for the term of one year on the fifteenth day of January in the year 1776 in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Dimond Morton in the regiment commanded by colonel Henry Knox in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the army continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until December 31 st 1776 when he was discharged from the said service, in Newport Pennsylvania in the state of Pennsylvania
That he was in the battles of Fort Washington & was wounded and that he has no other evidence, now in his power, of his said services, except the depositions of Wm Farr and John Mayhereto annexed.
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear, or affirm, (as the case may be,) that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. (d)
SB - signed witness
Sworn to, and declared, on the twenty ninth day of June before W m Wetmore one of the Judges of the said Court.
I, Ichabod Tucker clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is One hundred forty two dollars and a quarter cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 17 th day of July 1820
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Court of the C. Court of Common Pleas

Schedule of Benj. Goodwin's property, to wit:
The said Goodwin possesses no real or personal estate; and has no income except an annuity of two hundred Doll s . pay able to him by his brothers & Sisters jointly; out of which he is obliged to pay forty eight Doll s . annually as interest on money he owes, to wit, to Polly Goodwin $100 - to David Goodwin $550. and to James Emerson $150.00 -
He is disabled in all his limbs so that he can do nothing and cannot walk out. He was a Clerk in a merchants store till he was disabled.
Original Applicat n . Benj. Goodwin
§3. Goodwin
Sworn to and declared on this June term W m Wetmore Judge within named of the P le Court of Common pleas